Cuba (Go, Preachers, and Tell It to the World)

DESCRIPTION: "Go, preachers, and tell it to the world (x3), Poor mourners found a home at last. Through free grace and a dying lamb (x3), Poor mourners found a home at last." Similarly, "Go, fathers...."; "Go, mothers...." etc.
AUTHOR: Words: H. S. Reese / Music: J. H. Bolen and H. S. Reese (source: Original Sacred Harp 1971)
EARLIEST DATE: 1859, according to the Original Sacred Harp 1971
KEYWORDS: religious nonballad father mother clergy
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Abernethy-SinginTexas, p. 116, "Cuba" (1 text, 1 tune, a copy of a shape note version)
NOTES [52 words]: This is said to be based on Matthew 28:19, in which Jesus instructs his hearers to "make disciples of all nations." The image of Jesus as the Lamb however comes from John 1:29 ("Behold the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world"), reinforced by much imagery in the Apocalypse, staring in Rev. 5:6. - RBW
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File: Aber116

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